6/1 Braves (Davies) vs. Cobs (Z!) 1:20PM CT CSN

[ctcf]

As I prepare for my second game thread loss of the season... Cubs start what will be 7 of their next 10 against the Braves (ouch).

 

The Matchup:

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/434678.jpg

 

Kyle Davies: 2-3, 5.51 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 32/26 K/BB

 

vs.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/407296.jpg

 

Carlos "I make CT sad" Zambrano: 5-4, 5.24 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, 51/32 K/BB

 

Please play well Carlos.

 

Cobs.

[Rusch33]

Season's over after the next 10 games.

[Derwood]

Season's over after the next 10 games.

 

nah, our COBS will somehow go 6-4 or 7-3 and give Hendry a reason to buy rather than sell in July (but Milwaukee will go 9-1 and add two more games to their lead)

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Friday..............

 

CUBS are 4-4 on Fridays

CUBS are 1-1 vs. Atlanta

CUBS are 6-9 vs. the NLE Division

CUBS are 1-0 when they've lost their last 4 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 14-14 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 5-13 in games that start a series

CUBS are 14-15 in day games

CUBS are 10-15 at home

CUBS are 18-20 against right handers

CUBS are 7-12 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 9-11 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 18-9 when they get a quality start.... 4-20 when they don't

CUBS are 8-16 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 14-13 when they don't

CUBS are 17-15 when they score first in the game.... 5-14 when they don't

CUBS are 8-11 when they score in the first inning.... 14-18 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 70 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 734 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 140 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 499 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1115 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 79 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 114 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 83 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 4.53 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.73 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are drving in 18.8% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.355 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 34.3% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05

 

CUBS are 5-6 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 4 of 11 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 7.07.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.27

CUBS score 4.53 R/G overall.... 5.45 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 0.86 HR/G overall.... 1.09 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/02 - 05/29      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   396   60  114   28    4   12  186   56   37   73  0.288  0.346  0.470  0.815
CUBS overall     1824  231  484  112   10   44  748  220  157  351  0.265  0.326  0.410  0.736

 

Composite scoring in games started by Zambrano.........

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              8   7   6   6   8  13   4   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      60
Opponents        13   2   4   2  12   1  13   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0      51

 

 

Zambrano's starts this year (5-4)

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/02  vs. Cincy       5.0    6    5    5    5    2    2    92  9.00  3.60  3.60  2.20  9.00
04/07  vs. Milw        7.0    5    3    3    2    6    2   109  2.57  7.71  2.57  1.00  3.86
04/13  vs. Cincy       4.0    6    6    6    4    2    0    87  9.00  4.50  0.00  2.50 13.50
04/18  vs. Atla        6.0    8    5    5    5    6    2   113  7.50  9.00  3.00  2.17  7.50
04/23  vs. Milw        5.3    5    2    2    3    7    1   103  5.06 11.81  1.69  1.50  3.38
04/28  vs. St. L       7.0    7    1    1    0    2    1   113  0.00  2.57  1.29  1.00  1.29
05/04  vs. Wash        6.0    6    4    4    3    4    1   104  4.50  6.00  1.50  1.50  6.00
05/10  vs. Pitts       6.0    7    6    4    2    6    1   117  3.00  9.00  1.50  1.50  6.00
05/15  vs. Mets        8.0    6    1    1    3    3    1   116  3.38  3.38  1.13  1.13  1.13
05/20  vs. CWS         6.7    6    7    7    4    5    1   117  5.40  6.75  1.35  1.50  9.45
05/26  vs. L.A.        7.7    8    2    2    1    8    1   125  1.17  9.39  1.17  1.17  2.35

Home                  28.0   30   25   23   16   24    4   528  5.14  7.71  1.29  1.64  7.39
Road                  40.7   40   17   17   16   27    9   668  3.54  5.98  1.99  1.38  3.76

Day                   49.3   51   34   32   21   35    9   864  3.83  6.39  1.64  1.46  5.84
Nite                  19.3   19    8    8   11   16    4   332  5.12  7.45  1.86  1.55  3.72

last 5 starts         34.3   33   20   18   13   26    5   579  3.41  6.82  1.31  1.34  4.72

season totals         68.7   70   42   40   32   51   13  1196  4.19  6.68  1.70  1.49  5.24

 

Zambrano's starts vs. Atlanta last year (ND).......

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/26  vs. Atla        6.7    2    2    2    6    8    0   124  8.10 10.80  0.00  1.20  2.70

season totals        214.0  162   91   81  115  210   20  3624  4.84  8.83  0.84  1.29  3.41

 

CUBS' bullpen load during the last week........

 

              Thurs      Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             31 May     30 May     29 May     28 May     27 May     26 May     25 May
             no game    vs. Flor   vs. Flor   vs. Flor   @ L.A.     @ L.A.     @ L.A.  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                 1.0  24                                     1.0   7                  2.0  31
Eyre                                           2.0  52    0.0   3                             2.0  55
Howry                               1.0  18               1.0  13               0.0  12       2.0  43
Ohman                                                                0.3   4    0.0   8       0.3  12
Wuertz                              1.0  27               1.0  12               1.0   6       3.0  45
Marmol                              2.0  42    0.7   5    0.0   8               1.7  17       4.3  72
Guzman                   1.0  23                          2.0  34               1.0  10       4.0  67


Totals                   2.0  47    4.0  87    2.7  57    4.0  70    1.3  11    3.7  53      17.7 325

 

CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta this year (1-1).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
14  Wed 04/18  @ Atlanta       N   6- 8  Zambrano        Davies        
15  Thu 04/19  @ Atlanta       N   3- 0  Hill            Redman        
52  Fri 06/01    Atlanta            -    Zambrano        Davies        
53  Sat 06/02    Atlanta            -    Hill            James         
54  Sun 06/03    Atlanta            -    Marshall        Smoltz        
58  Thu 06/07  @ Atlanta       N    -    Hill            James         
59  Fri 06/08  @ Atlanta       N    -    Marshall        Smoltz        
60  Sat 06/09  @ Atlanta            -    Marquis         Hudson        
61  Sun 06/10  @ Atlanta            -    Lilly           Carlyle       

 

CUBS hitters vs. Atlanta this year.....

 

vs. Atla           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Jones               4    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250  0.667
Barrett             7    1    3    0    0    1    6    2    0    1  0.429  0.375  0.857  1.232  0.400
Lee                 6    2    2    2    0    0    4    1    3    0  0.333  0.556  0.667  1.222  0.333
Murton              4    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    0  0.500  0.600  0.500  1.100  0.500
DeRosa              8    1    2    1    0    1    6    3    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.750  1.000  0.167
Ramirez             8    2    2    1    0    1    6    2    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.750  1.000  0.200
Floyd               3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.333
Pie                 8    2    1    0    1    0    3    0    1    3  0.125  0.222  0.375  0.597  0.200
Theriot             7    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    2  0.286  0.286  0.286  0.571  0.400
Izturis             2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000
Cedeno              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Atla    66    9   17    5    1    3   33    8    8   13  0.258  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.280

season totals    1823  231  484  112   10   44  748  220  156  351  0.265  0.326  0.410  0.736  0.308

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Atlanta this year......

 

vs. Atla             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Cotts               1.3    0    0    0    0    1    0    18  0.00  6.75  0.00  0.00  0.00
Dempster            1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0     9  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Eyre                0.7    3    3    3    2    1    0    28 27.00 13.50  0.00  7.50 40.50
Hill                8.0    4    0    0    3    7    0   111  3.38  7.88  0.00  0.88  0.00
Zambrano            6.0    8    5    5    5    6    2   113  7.50  9.00  3.00  2.17  7.50

totals vs. Atla    17.0   15    8    8   10   16    2   279  5.29  8.47  1.06  1.47  4.24

season totals     464.0  421  220  211  178  379   56  7437  3.45  7.35  1.09  1.29  4.09

 

 

CUBS' last 10 games (2-8)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
42  Sun 05/20    Chicago (AL)      6-10  Zambrano        Contreras     
43  Tue 05/22  @ San Diego     N   1- 5  Hill            Peavy         
44  Wed 05/23  @ San Diego     N   1- 2  Marshall        Wells         
45  Thu 05/24  @ San Diego     N   3- 1  Marquis         Young         
46  Fri 05/25  @ Los Angeles   N   8- 9  Lilly           Lowe          
47  Sat 05/26  @ Los Angeles       4- 2  Zambrano        Hendrickson   
48  Sun 05/27  @ Los Angeles       1- 2  Hill            Wolf          
49  Mon 05/28    Florida           3- 5  Marshall        Kim          
50  Tue 05/29    Florida       N   4- 9  Marquis         Willis        
51  Wed 05/30    Florida       N   0- 9  Lilly           Mitre         

 

Composite scoring during the last 10 games.........

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              3   3   1   2   1   2   9   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      31
Opponents         5   5   5   3   7   0  13  14   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      54

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 10 games......

 

05/20 - 05/30      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
DeRosa             32    4   10    4    1    1   19    3    2    7  0.313  0.371  0.594  0.965  0.375
Murton             18    3    6    2    0    0    8    0    5    3  0.333  0.478  0.444  0.923  0.400
Ramirez            38    4   12    1    0    2   19    4    1    8  0.316  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.357
Floyd              21    1    7    1    0    0    8    4    4    4  0.333  0.440  0.381  0.821  0.412
Soriano            41    6   12    2    2    0   18    3    5   11  0.293  0.370  0.439  0.809  0.400
Lee                40    2    8    3    0    1   14    5    2   11  0.200  0.238  0.350  0.588  0.250
Barrett            31    2    5    2    0    0    7    2    5    5  0.161  0.278  0.226  0.504  0.192
Izturis            26    1    6    0    0    0    6    0    1    0  0.231  0.259  0.231  0.490  0.231
Jones              23    2    4    1    0    0    5    2    2    2  0.174  0.240  0.217  0.457  0.190
Theriot            27    3    4    0    0    1    7    4    1    4  0.148  0.179  0.259  0.438  0.136
Ward                5    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    2  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.333
Pagan              19    3    2    1    0    0    3    0    2    9  0.105  0.190  0.158  0.348  0.200
Blanco              8    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    3  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.200

last 10 games     349   31   80   17    3    5  118   29   30   81  0.229  0.292  0.338  0.630  0.285

season totals    1823  231  484  112   10   44  748  220  156  351  0.265  0.326  0.410  0.736  0.308

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 10 games......

 

05/20 - 05/30        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              5.3    2    0    0    4    7    0    91  6.75 11.81  0.00  1.13  0.00
Guzman              5.7    2    1    1    4    6    0    89  6.35  9.53  0.00  1.06  1.59
Marshall           13.3   10    5    4    4   14    2   216  2.70  9.45  1.35  1.05  2.70
Marquis            12.0   13    6    5    6    8    1   195  4.50  6.00  0.75  1.58  3.75
Hill               12.0    9    5    5    4   11    4   165  3.00  8.25  3.00  1.08  3.75
Zambrano           14.3   14    9    9    5   13    2   242  3.14  8.16  1.26  1.33  5.65
Lilly              11.3   13   11   10    5   11    4   184  3.97  8.74  3.18  1.59  7.94
Dempster            3.3    6    3    3    0    2    1    41  0.00  5.40  2.70  1.80  8.10
Howry               3.0    4    3    3    0    1    0    55  0.00  3.00  0.00  1.33  9.00
Eyre                3.0    7    3    3    3    4    1    83  9.00 12.00  3.00  3.33  9.00
Wuertz              3.7    3    4    4    3    4    0    58  7.36  9.82  0.00  1.64  9.82
Ohman               0.7    1    1    1    0    1    0    14  0.00 13.50  0.00  1.50 13.50
Cotts               0.3    3    3    3    1    0    1    12 27.00  0.00 27.00 12.00 81.00

last 10 games      88.0   87   54   51   39   82   16  1445  3.99  8.39  1.64  1.43  5.22

season totals     464.0  421  220  211  178  379   56  7437  3.45  7.35  1.09  1.29  4.09

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in........

 

04/02 - 05/30      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ward                 5   10  0.333
Lee                 26   66  0.283
Floyd               18   48  0.273
Theriot             16   54  0.229
Ramirez             24   83  0.224
DeRosa              17   63  0.213
Blanco               3   12  0.200
Jones               15   72  0.172
Barrett             17   85  0.167
Murton               7   36  0.163
Soriano             10   59  0.145
Pie                  3   21  0.125
Pagan                2   17  0.105
Izturis              5   52  0.088
Cedeno               2   21  0.087
Fontenot             0    0  0.000

CUBS               176  761  0.188

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

go cubs -- woo hoo -- you're awesome -- can't lose

[jersey cubs fan]

Remember Carlos, they pay you to win.

[otis89]

We are going to lose so badly.

[Butterscup1679666578]

omg just win.

[anabiono]

june is going to chew this team to bits

[Balsa]

Win a friggin' game.

[Moonlight Graham]

Every year is like groundhog day with this team.

[alroy88]

why don't we shake up the line up some more?

[Flames24Rulz]

We suck.

[Andy]

I say once we hit 5th place the Fecal League Standings need updating.

[Fred Hornkohl]

I say once we hit 5th place the Fecal League Standings need updating.

 

..... seems like it's a larger field this year, no?

 

Team          W       L       Pct      GB
CUBS         22      29     0.431     ---
Tampa Bay    22      29     0.431     ---
NY Yanks     22      29     0.431     ---
St. Louis    21      29     0.420     0.5
Houston      21      31     0.404     1.5
Washington   21      32     0.396     2.0
Cincinnati   21      33     0.389     2.5
Texas        19      34     0.358     4.0
Kansas City  19      35     0.352     4.5

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I just remembered this is my day in the Lou getting ejected pool. GO LOU!

[mul21]

I say once we hit 5th place the Fecal League Standings need updating.

 

..... seems like it's a larger field this year, no?

 

Team          W       L       Pct      GB
CUBS         22      29     0.431     ---
Tampa Bay    22      29     0.431     ---
NY Yanks     22      29     0.431     ---
St. Louis    21      29     0.420     0.5
Houston      21      31     0.404     1.5
Washington   21      32     0.396     2.0
Cincinnati   21      33     0.389     2.5
Texas        19      34     0.358     4.0
Kansas City  19      35     0.352     4.5

 

While I find it fantastically awesome the Yankees are on this list, it makes me want to puke that there are 4 teams from the Central on here. What a bunch of pathetic, crappy baseball. Ugh!

 

Oh, shouldn't these be reversed? I thought the goal was to have the worst record.

[B]

I say once we hit 5th place the Fecal League Standings need updating.

 

..... seems like it's a larger field this year, no?

 

Team          W       L       Pct      GB
CUBS         22      29     0.431     ---
Tampa Bay    22      29     0.431     ---
NY Yanks     22      29     0.431     ---
St. Louis    21      29     0.420     0.5
Houston      21      31     0.404     1.5
Washington   21      32     0.396     2.0
Cincinnati   21      33     0.389     2.5
Texas        19      34     0.358     4.0
Kansas City  19      35     0.352     4.5

 

While I find it fantastically awesome the Yankees are on this list, it makes me want to puke that there are 4 teams from the Central on here. What a bunch of pathetic, crappy baseball. Ugh!

 

Oh, shouldn't these be reversed? I thought the goal was to have the worst record.

 

I was just thinking the same thing.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Picky, picky, picky.......................

 

Team          W       L       Pct      GB
Kansas City  19      35     0.352     ---
Texas        19      34     0.358     0.5
Cincinnati   21      33     0.389     2.0
Washington   21      32     0.396     2.5
Houston      21      31     0.404     3.0
St. Louis    21      29     0.420     4.0
NY Yanks     22      29     0.431     4.5
Tampa Bay    22      29     0.431     4.5
CUBS         22      29     0.431     4.5

[Omar]

Picky, picky, picky.......................

 

Team          W       L       Pct      GB
Kansas City  19      35     0.352     ---
Texas        19      34     0.358     0.5
Cincinnati   21      33     0.389     2.0
Washington   21      32     0.396     2.5
Houston      21      31     0.404     3.0
St. Louis    21      29     0.420     4.0
NY Yanks     22      29     0.431     4.5
Tampa Bay    22      29     0.431     4.5
CUBS         22      29     0.431     4.5

 

I think the Losses come first column after team name, since they're the main priority. The record also looks better that way. :roll:

[Southpaw191679666239]

7 of the next 10 against the Braves? Yeah... this isn't 2003 and we don't have Kid K going.

 

Loss. :(

[seanimal]

This team sucks.

[anabiono]

double period and i will raise you one more

 

 

.

[Balsa]

I'm gonna post again, because it's an off day.

 

Win some game you freekin' idiots, this is the weakest NL Central since the last time you snuck into the playoffs.

 

JUST WIN SOME @$#^@#$#@^ GAMES.

[Schwarber Fan]

Game is on TBS too if you get that station.